Category: Faith stuff
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Hymn of the day
A change from the Wesleys today, but I’m sure even they won’t mind giving way to this classic bit of hymnody.
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Hymn of the day
Another hymn by Charles Wesley. This hymn was adapted by John Wesley for public use from a love poem that his brother Charles had originally written for his wife, Sarah (Sally).
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Hymn of the day
Today’s hymn was written by German theologian Joachim Lange (1670 -1744) and translated into English by John Wesley.
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Hymn of the day
Another of Charles Wesley’s hymns. I don’t think I’ve ever sung this one, but it is a fine statement of Christian hope in a time of bereavement.
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Hymn of the day
One of Charles Wesley’s best known hymns today
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With all your mind?
Kim Fabricius argues that learning and scholarship are not the enemies of faith
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On reading the Bible
How we read the Bible is very often at the heart of the issue when Christians disagree. I offer a few guidelines on how I think the Bible is best approached.
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Hymn of the Day
This is not one of Mr Wesley’s that I’ve ever sung, but I think it should be! I can’t tell you what tune it would have been set to, but it goes nicely to ‘Amsterdam’
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Thoughts at St Govan’s Chapel
This is St Govan’s Chapel, set almost at the bottom of a sea cliff on the Pembrokeshire coastline. It dates from the twelfth century, but is reputed to be on the site of a sixth century hermitage. The origins of the place are lost in myth, but it has long been (and remains) a place […]